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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00796 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1844 |
| Title | The Negro forget-me-not songster, the only work published, containing all the Negro songs, that have ever appeared |
| Date | 1844 |
| Additional authors | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) |
| Document Type | Book |
| Content Description | Signed on free front endpaper by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "H. W. Longfellow." Original cloth spine laid onto modern leather. Title on spine: "Nigga forget-me-not songster." Published by Turner & Fisher. Songs written in "dialect," and some are accompanied by black and white illustrations. |
| Subjects | African American History Poetry Literature and Language Arts Art, Music, Theater, and Film Slave Life |
| People | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) Turner & Fisher (fl. 1844) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |